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Entertainments National Service Association
The Entertainments National Service Association or ENSA was an organisation set up in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War II. ENSA operated as part of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. It was superseded by Combined Services Entertainment (CSE) which now operates as part of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC).
The first big wartime variety concert organized by ENSA was broadcast by the BBC to the Empire and local networks from RAF Hendon in north London on 17 October 1939 and Adelaide Hall, The Western Brothers and Mantovani were amongst those entertainers appearing on the bill. A rare Newsreel of this concert showing Adelaide Hall singing We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line accompanied by Mantovani and his orchestra still exists.〔''Mantovani: A Lifetime in Music'' by Colin MacKenzie, page 78: ISBN 978-1905226191〕
==Members==
Many well-known stars have performed in ENSA, including Robert Rietty, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Wilfrid Brambell, Joyce Grenfell, Adelaide Hall, Paul Scofield, Rebecca Cantwell, Dora Bryan and Vera Lynn.
During 1945, actors Laurence Olivier and Sir Ralph Richardson were created honorary army Lieutenants in ENSA. They performed Shakespeare's plays for the troops in a six-week tour of Europe.
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